2017 LGBTQ Israel Mission Photoblog: The Periphery

On day three of the LGBTQ Leadership Mission, the group traveled north, and started the day at Haifa’s Baha’ii Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Jennifer at the entrance to the Baha’ii Gardens.

Siobhan Sargent, a pastor at Memorial United Methodist Church in New York, in the Baha’ii Gardens.

The group visited Haifa’s LGBTQ Communities Home (Beit Ha’kehilot), Haifa’s first ever LGBTQ center, launched only this year. They met the enthusiastic staff and activists at the Haifa Center and learned about the LGBTQ experience in Haifa – Israel’s third largest city, that often hailed as a model for cooperation between Israelis of different walks as life.

Regions

#ComingOut

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Film

In ‘Montana’ (2017), Efi returns to her hometown of Akko following her grandfather’s passing and meets Karen – a teacher, wife and mother of two. The two women instantly form a connection and fall in love. watch the trailer >>

Organization

Communities’ Home serves as a center for the LGBT communities in Haifa and Northern Israel. The center provides a feminist, multicultural, pluralistic space for the various LGBTQ communities. Read more >>